Education

Scholarship grants for academic year 2014-15 have been made to 33 students, 31 of whom were selected by the Selection Committee of the Anderson County Scholarship Fund with the remaining two selected by The United Methodist Church Scholarship Committee of Lawrenceburg.

Awards of $3,000 each were made to students chosen by the Selection Committee while awards totaling $3,000 were divided equally among the students selected by The United Methodist Church Scholarship Committee.

Since the creation of the Anderson County Scholarship Fund in 1977, awards have been made to Anderson County High School graduates through academic year 2014-2015 in the amount of $2,346,596.93. Contributions to the Fund are always welcome, which are tax-exempt, and which will enable the continued growth of the Scholarship Fund, thus, generating greater income for future scholarship awards.

Nathan Ward, a junior at Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg and the son of Tara and Jamie Ward, has been selected to participate in the 2014 Kentucky Governor’s Scholar program this summer. Ward was one of nearly 1,000 students in Kentucky selected from a rigorous application process.

Only students with exceptional grades, high ACT scores, outstanding character, community involvement and expressive written and verbal communication skills were considered.

Preschool students at Ezra Sparrow Early Childhood Center were hosts to two very special guests from the Extension Agency, Joan Martin and Tommy Yankey, also know an “Cowboy Tommy,” the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent for Anderson County. Martin and Yankey read the book “Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows” to students, according to a news release.